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My DeWalt didn't like much below 25-30F it'd spit and spudder for the first couple of cuts.. I didn't like running it that way so I put a heater back by the motor and let it warm up a little before I started sawing... Then I bought my Hawk.. I think that thing would run in anything.. but I do know it wouldn't run when the power went out once,

Okay just thought I’d share some info with The Excalibur. I have some big orders that came in over the last few days so I’ve been doing a lot of cutting. Yesterday I hooked up my shop vac to the dust port provided on my EX21. I cut out 130 custom Christmas ornaments yesterday and about 30 so far this morning. I was going to take a picture last night and forgot. Then was going to today before I got started. But went right to work. Just thought about it and looked to see just how much mess I’ve made. Not too much as normally there’d be a big pile on top of the angle adjustment knob etc. I do have a small amount on the floor that I believe is more from the top of the saw table as some of the dust I noticed up top and on the table, but even that is minimal compared to just using the box fan. I didn’t have that set up during this test but I think I’ll try that on the other half of this order. Anyway, 160 ornaments cut and not much mess to show for it. Going to have to make a mess so the wife don’t think I’m just playing around instead of cutting this order.

Yeah, several years ago I bought some clock movements from them and they took 2-3 weeks. I never have bought anything from them since then.. Bought my Pegas clamps from qtena.com as they was on sale.. even though I've never heard of the place.. but I think my clamps was here in like 4 days..

I guess on a more positive note... at least it's not raining again today... Not sure where you ordered this from but seems like it's been quite a while... I'm thinking mine only took a few days..

You know that chart is helpful to me as all the printers I've ever owned never say the paper size in inches... it's always these letter/number combos.. and I hate that because I don't never know which is what.. My printer is the big one.. that will do the big sheets.. My kids and wife laugh at me when I brought this new printer home.. I never thought about the physical size of the printer and I have a very small desk... Anyway.. I set the printer up on my desk and it takes up more than half the space.. good thing I have one of those small monitors because this printer has me squeezed into the corner with barely enough room for my monitor.. I don't like the keyboard down on the little tray so it sets up on top of the desk in front of the monitor.. anyway.. very cramped for space.. but at least I can print those large patterns on one sheet of paper... Now that I bought the big printer.. I rarely do portrait type work.. so that make this even more funny cause I really don't need it anymore.. Oh and the mm's is much nicer to work with for me when designing my own patterns.. because I have no idea how to convert 1-7/16 or the other clock sizes into a decimal.. math was never a strong point for me.. good with basic math but doing the fractions and whatnot I struggle with.. somehow the metric system is easier for me in designing patterns.. though I have no idea how they convert to inches etc.. LOL

I also get mine from Johnson's Workbench.. awesome place.. I've also ( many years ago ) bought from woodcraft a couple times.. Not sure they still sell it or not.. it's a lot farther of a drivea and in the big city.. I hate crowded areas... etc

Yes exactly.. they saw puts out a lot of fine dust you don't really see floating in the air.. but when it gets captured in that white pleated filter after only a short time of cutting.. you realize just how much dust they really do produce..

Having lots of blades is part of the learning curve.. I have a few stacks of blades that I bought back in 05- 06 when i was first scrolling, that I most likely will never use too.. actually same goes for some pegas blades.. I just ordered a few months ago some spirals.. the sizes on pegas seem like they run smaller than the FD that I normally use in the spirals.. as i ordered same numbers rather than looking at tooth per inch and actual blade dimensions.. So now I have some blades I won't use.. so then I ordered some paying more attention and got the correct sizing.. only to find that i personally don't like their spirals.. also have a few sample packs of most of their other styles and sizes.. I seem to only like the Modified Geometry blades from Pegas.. at least on the Hawk saw.. Just got an idea while replying... maybe I need to try all these blades on the Excalibur.. since they work differently on each saw..

Similar to what my findings have been.. and yes I use that same filter on my box fan.. actually probably more efficient than the ceiling mounted unit.. My DC needs a better bag as it is inside the shop.. That said.. I wear my dust mask about any time I'm in the shop.. Again that said.. I see fine dust landing on my tool boxes etc.. so there is dust floating around in the shop.. I clean this dust up a few times a year.. and would like to eliminate more of it.. If it's landing on stuff.. then there is room for improvement.. also if it's landing on stuff.. any time you go into the shop.. and just move.. it'll stir up that dust even though you cannot see it.. doesn't mean it's not getting stirred up. so in reality.. one should have a mask on at all times in the shop even when you're not really " woodworking" ... i work on my cars and things in the shop quite often.. and so I notice this fine dust maybe more than others do that strictly have their shop as a wood shop.. The point I make here is.. this fine dust is what is harmful to you.. and you don't really even have to be woodworking to need the mask.. or need much better filtration... much better filteration is something I'm going to be doing..mainly because I don't want to wear a dust mask to work on my " other projects " ... also be nice to only have to do a deep cleaning only a few times a year rather than every week or so..

Ray, If I'm not stack cutting I go down a size or two.. Well maybe I should word it better.. If I'm cutting thin stock 3/8" or less I go down to a #3 and sometimes a #1.. but can use a #3 or 5 on the thin material too but then I'm slowing the saw way down.. I don't fool with the saw speed much and usually just change the blade I'm using.. Also remember.. that the smaller blade will give a smoother cut edge.. so even some projects I use a #3 as well.. even on the thick 3/4" stock.. animal puzzles come to mind here.. like Scott ( iggy ) makes.. the pieces fit together better with a number 3.. But yeah. my most common used blade is a toss up between a #3 and #5.. I use a lot of both.. probably the same amount of either one.. Now to throw a curve ball.. LOL.. I use the #5 the most on my Hawk.. as it's a less aggressive cutting saw... BUT.. The Ex-21 and 788.. I do find I use the #3 more... so this is a big reason I try to answer those what blade to use questions with.. buy sample packs... not everyone's saw cuts the same as mine.. even a difference in cutting between the two Hawks.. My 220 is more aggressive than my 226..also not everyone does the same types of cutting. and lastly.. not everyone likes to cut fast / slow.. Some places you buy blades from will give gross pricing on mix and match sizes so you might be better off to order 6 dozen of each blade and then get plenty of each size or break it down more and buy 3 dozen of a few sizes.. Just hate to see you plunk down a lot of money on one size blade then realize you wish you had a smaller or larger blade too.. . I'm not sure that DnD does the mix match for gross pricing.. but there are other places that will on the Pegas..

I had wheels on my first Hawk when I brought it home.. that thing would literally vibrate across the floor.. I did everything I could think of to dampen the vibration.. including parking the saw on a piece of carpet padding.. I ended up ditching the wheels.. I've thought about those roll around tool stands ( shopfox ) like I bought for my bandsaw.. but not sure that would even work... Now this is the older Hawk which does have more vibration than my newer Ultra.. so maybe they improved the balance of the machine on the Ultras..

I'd use the blue loc-tite.. Blue is for medium duty.. Never ever use Red loc-tite unless you never plan to take it apart again, LOL.. actually the bottle instructions on the red says it'll come apart but only with heat from a torch.. Not sure if they mean heat from a cutting torch or just heating it up a little to loosen the loc-tite

Actually yes.. I have the box fan with a allergen type furnace filter on it.. and whatever saw I use I put the fan on the side that my saw air blower is aimed at.. o my Hawks the blower is on the right side so I aim the blower to blow the dust toward the fan on the opposite side.. I have to take that filter outside 2-3 times a day and knock out the dust and then bring it in and sometimes vacuum it off too.. It's amazing how much dust it catches.. I do set the fan up on something that will raise it up so the top of the fan is as high or slightly higher than the saws table.. some dust still flats past the top of the an or off to the sides.. which is why I have the ceiling mount filtration system.. BUT... I've been playing around with using the shop vac and PVC piping to actually suck the dust into the vacuum.. and I think this is working much better than using the fan.. as there is very little dust now.. I need to get a more permanent system built and a better and quieter vacuum.. and hook it to the foot switch is what I have at the moment..

The box fan with filter works quite well... The hanging filter probably does the same thing.. I have only had mine up a few days.. but see the filter is already picked up a hint of cherry color to it... I run the box fan next to my saw.. but won't be doing that so much in the near future since I'm planning to run piping to each saw for my dust collector to get right at the source.... Hanging a box fan in the ceiling could very well be an option for someone.. on a small budget.. But I don't think those furnace filters are designed to capture the smallest of the particles like the box air cleaners are with their double filtration.. Not saying a box fan couldn't have a double filter added to it.. not sure how many CFM a box fan moves.. My brother uses box fans with filters and has 2-3 of them that he hangs in his basement ceiling to filter the air in his shop.. he says it works really well..

Just tell her to send them to me.. I go through about 4 - 5 gross of just the #5 Pegas MG a year.. and almost that many of the FD UR #5 not to mention the other sizes and styles I use.. even the least used blade I run through about 1 gross a year.. which is actually the #1 FD New Spiral.. Good thing I only saw about 3-5 hours a day

Have no idea why I refer it as live edge.. guess it's how it was refereed too as I was introduced to it.. Maybe I should call it Dead edge.. .. If you google live edge wood.. it brings up what you call natural edge.. but then... so does natural edge, LOL

I think mine are actually dowel pins.. I call them roll pins as that was what they remind me of.. but they are not really roll pins with the slot cut down through the pin.. mine are solid I'm pretty sure....

Ray live edge is just a natural edge of the wood.. ( ie saw the log into lumber without cutting the edges off.. so the outer part of the tree with the bark is still on the lumber ) well actually the bark doesn't have to be attached to be live edge.. but just have the natural slab.. rather than the lumber being squared up into a dimensional board.. This piece I cut out a few days ago is on a live edge slab.. notice the edges are natural tree's edge rather than a squared off 1 x 12 or whatever size I think most of what the hobby stores carry are smaller pieces.. and rather than cutting the length of the log they are cut through the log as in like firewood is cut.. except in small 1" slices, LOL still live edge though.. just different cuts... sort of like sirloin or porterhouse Hahaha..

My brother owns a sawill business.. and yes he does sell the bark.. LOL... there is no such thing as scrap in the mill business.. he sells the shredded bark.. slabwood for fire wood.. and anything that doesn't make slab wood sawdust or lumber gets run through the chipper and he sell the wood chips.. though last I talked to him sawdust was paying more than woodchips so he was grinding it into sawdust.

Yes the DeWalt would be an upgrade over the Delta 40-640 type2.. Nothing against the Delta saw.. it's exactly what I started out with.. as it was given to me by my dad when he wore it out.. I rebuilt the saw in 2007.. and many of the parts was discontinued way back then.. It took a lot of persistence but I found all the parts needed... actually found a guy that bought out a bunch of deltas parts.. he has a web site call Mikestools.com.. he still has many many old parts.. though some aren't so cheap.. but he does have a lot of stuff that no one else does.. He actually had the circuit board I needed for my jointer.. but I wasn't paying the price for it and just wired it direct.. Anyway, I still have the old Delta.. all restored.. and I never use it.. won't sell it as it was my fathers saw and just kind of a sentimental piece that I hang onto.. I do use it from time to time..

I did some research on these last year.. and found that.. Sharktooth blades are no more than just re-branded either Olsen or Flying Dutchman blades depending on the style you choose... so if you've used Olsen or Flying Dutchman blades you likely will know what you're getting from this name brand.. I agree with grizz.. Pegas blades are the best I've used for the most part.. I use a mixture of brands actually depending on what I'm cutting and which saw I'm using.. but Pegas is the most used blade I use.. Only use their Modified Geometry blades so can't really comment on the others..

Just realized I forgot to ad the link to the one I have from the post above .. LOL http://www.grizzly.com/products/Hanging-Air-Filter-3-Speed/G0738

Yeah I just took a better look and I think that is the same one I have other than color.

Thanks for the update Scott.. This is about how well the EX-21 does with just hooking up my vac to the dust port.. before doing that.. I'd have a pile of sawdust in my lap, LOL.. I don't get that with my Hawk.. but I still want to try to vac the dust rather than blow it in the air with the saws blower system.. then it seems to take a ride through the air and lands on my toolbox and anything and everything else.. Need to portion it off like you did.. I'm thinking maybe actual walls though and run heat and AC.. in the little room.. probably able to do a 10 x 14 ish room.. Hey our news has been taking about the giant mosquitoes down that way after the hurricane.. saying they are about the size of a humming bird... they say you need a shot gun to shoot them out of the air etc.. people are passing out after it drinks a quart of blood.. Sounds like a hoot of a time to me... wish I had more money for ammo.... Maybe scientist will morph some sort of giant bats to be able to eat them..

I actually bet the blades lasted longer the way the blade has that rocking motion .. the Q3 is a C arm saw and they are quite aggressive cutting.. The DeWalt and EX types saws also have some rocking motion.. My blades last a little longer on the DeWalt and EX than they do on the Hawk...